Maudgalya

Maudgalya

Maudgalya is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Maudgalya (Husband of Jābālā): the ṛshi, son of Mudgala, who received Bhagavān Vishṇu‘s darśana every day on the Gautamī, offered him an ear of corn and was blessed for seven generations; the account is told in Maudgalya and the Ear of Corn. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 66
• Maudgalya (father of Bradhnāśva): the heir of Mudgala in the second line of Ajamīḍha, by whom Indrasenā bore Bradhnāśva. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13